from a few years ago, i wasn't impressed by kde at all. in fact, that was the only 'ugh' i had for linux back then.
i've been using gnome since then, and have been fairly happy. since redhat 7.2 release, i switched to KDE 2.1, and was blown away. wow, so much polish and everything is integrated nicely. good visuals, lots of configuration options, wow wow!
i used kde 2.1 for 2 months, and now i'm going back to gnome. why?
here's why:
konqueror completely and utterly blows when compared with mozilla (i wont use Opera either)
mozilla under KDE cannot do anti-aliasing.
mozilla under gnome has bitchin anti-aliasing. sites look better with mozilla AA than konqueror AA.
graphics under gnome are crispy and clean.
kde graphics are boring and fuzzy.
evolution rocks. kmail blows.
kmail has got to be the most featureless and bugridden IMAP client ever.
kde is somewhat buggy. there has been many times when my kde toolbar just stops working.
kde reminds of me windows in a way. look, i move very very fast inside my gui desktop. my system is a p3/933 512mb. often, kde apps crash when moving too fast in them (at least it's a nice crash with a pretty message).
playing with kde pulldowns too fast will break the app.
gnome never has this problem.
i'm not saying that KDE is crap. KDE and Gnome both have good and bad things about them. it's just using the right tool for the right job, and for me, that's Ximian Gnome.
its just like the cabbage patch doll theory.
sell the doll for $5, and hardly anyone will buy it.
sell the doll for $150, and everyone wants one.
bottom line: i didn't buy a cabbage patch doll. i make linux and OSS work for me and my projects.
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Yes. Prove me wrong.
ok, lets see you tweak your windows kernel for maximum performance for the task at hand. enough said.
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Why would he run a web server when the thing is not connected to the web and has no IP address? the thing has a wireless network built in. how bout customizing a php app running on apache that allows him customize and move files around? the possibilities are endless.
Then he needs a life. It's a dashboard toy. Use NTFS with Windows 2000 and be done with it. ooh, sick. you're just used to having to 'make do'. get away from windows and that concept will change for you.
What a boatload of penguin shit! There's not a single thing of consequence that he would need to do in a dashboard PC that can't be accomplished just as well under Windows as under Linux. you don't really think that's true do you? sheesh, after reading that last comment, i've just realized i've been trolled in. please disregard.
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what's the point of a proper shutdown?
i've had a linux machine in my car (mp3 player) for six months now.
i've used both SGI's XFS and EXT3. the machine is *never* shut down properly and i don't have a single problem with my filesystem.
you haven't checked out vmware 3.0 yet. it screams faster than win4lin, plus hardware support. woohoo!
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isn't it obvious? since linux is open, it's a lot more configurable.
let's say he only wanted certain processes starting or stopping at particular times?
what if he wanted to run his choice of a journaling filesystem and wanted to tweak it for speed?
what if he wanted to run a webserver and database server without having to waste money on any licenses?
let's see you hack a unsupported touchscreen display into windows, hahaha.
look, with linux (and vmware) he has the best of both worlds PLUS ultimate configurability. he can make his car computer do whatever he wants.
if he were to install only windows, boy would he be limiting the power of his project.
only 'approved' referrors go into a control list. check the referrer on incoming connections, and if there's no match for the list, show a bad referer page.
i think search engines are immune to this. do a search on google for DeCSS, and you will find many hits with the source. how come google isn't slapped with cease/desist order for violating the DMCA?
you know, i don't think search engines are immune, i just think that no one has brought up this issue with any legal authority.....yet.
i recall the playing original Escape from Castle Wolfenstein on the Commodore 64.
a year later, Beyond Castle Wolfenstein came out with better graphics and gameplay. now that was what a good game was all about!
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never fear folks,
the xbox technology is nothing more than a nextgen graphics processor and high paid game companies.
so, instead of NVIDIA releasing their nextgen graphics card to the gaming market, they signed a deal with microsoft to keep it 'under wraps'. next, microsoft pays big dollar to game companies to develop exclusively for the nextgen graphics processor. so, now you have a game console with technology that no one has....yet.
i'm sure the deal NVIDIA signed with microsoft won't keep their nextgen stuff proprietary for long. there's probably some clause that says that after 6 months NVIDIA will be allowed to deliver this new technology to the market.
so, microsoft has a fantastic console, not because of microsoft. it's because they sabotaged the computer game market. whoop de doo.
what about the c-64 daze? i remember when paperboy was going to come out soon for C-64, and this kidhack at high school wanted it bad.
we took an ordinary 5 1/4 floppy, took out the actualy shiny disk inside, and covered the shiny portions with a mixture of matchheads and fingernail polish remover. we put it back into the sleeve (making sure shiny parts still shone on the gap bits), and wrote PAPERBOY on the front.
we anonymously put it in his locker at school, and the latest thing i heard was that his 1541 commodore floppy drive was melted shut, hahaha.
yesterday, they were kidhacks. today, they're script kiddies.
Hi Bruce, I'm a long time fan. My question is: the first evil dead was a serious horror movie. the second evil dead was a lot more comical while the third was almost all comedy.
although i prefer the first, do you prefer acting in a serious horror film or did you like the funny ones more?
it doesn't take tremendous chip power to convert text to speech, it takes tremendous chip power to convert speech to text. well, not tremendous power, but you know what i mean.
to give you an example, using SAM (Software Automated Mouth) on my Commodore 64 (1984) produced quality speech similar to speech synthesis products of today.
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haha, i was modded down for being honest.
the truth hurts, doesn't it?
why bother posting this crap. i mean, what slashdot readers use windows for anything other than gaming?
(unless you're at work and forced to use garbage).
from a few years ago, i wasn't impressed by kde at all. in fact, that was the only 'ugh' i had for linux back then.
i've been using gnome since then, and have been fairly happy. since redhat 7.2 release, i switched to KDE 2.1, and was blown away. wow, so much polish and everything is integrated nicely. good visuals, lots of configuration options, wow wow!
i used kde 2.1 for 2 months, and now i'm going back to gnome. why?
here's why:
konqueror completely and utterly blows when compared with mozilla (i wont use Opera either)
mozilla under KDE cannot do anti-aliasing.
mozilla under gnome has bitchin anti-aliasing. sites look better with mozilla AA than konqueror AA.
graphics under gnome are crispy and clean.
kde graphics are boring and fuzzy.
evolution rocks. kmail blows.
kmail has got to be the most featureless and bugridden IMAP client ever.
kde is somewhat buggy. there has been many times when my kde toolbar just stops working.
kde reminds of me windows in a way. look, i move very very fast inside my gui desktop. my system is a p3/933 512mb. often, kde apps crash when moving too fast in them (at least it's a nice crash with a pretty message).
playing with kde pulldowns too fast will break the app.
gnome never has this problem.
i'm not saying that KDE is crap. KDE and Gnome both have good and bad things about them. it's just using the right tool for the right job, and for me, that's Ximian Gnome.
for my grandma, it's KDE baby.. all the way.
wow turbine216,
you exactly the kind of person Microsoft wants working for them. actually, your views would constitute a possible management position! wow!
it's people with views like yours that makes Big business evil in the eyes of honest people.
wait homie, don't be bustin on volkswagens!
i got a 2000 GTI/VR6.
i'll race your mercedes.... heh ehh
hahahaha,
i make $75k/yr writing OSS.
please tell me what you do?
you are a moron who doesn't understand the OSS model.
let me say this again for the hundredth time:
OPEN SOURCE != FREE (BEER)
get it? got it? good.
its just like the cabbage patch doll theory.
sell the doll for $5, and hardly anyone will buy it.
sell the doll for $150, and everyone wants one.
bottom line: i didn't buy a cabbage patch doll. i make linux and OSS work for me and my projects.
Yes. Prove me wrong.
ok, lets see you tweak your windows kernel for maximum performance for the task at hand. enough said.
Why would he run a web server when the thing is not connected to the web and has no IP address?
the thing has a wireless network built in. how bout customizing a php app running on apache that allows him customize and move files around? the possibilities are endless.
Then he needs a life. It's a dashboard toy. Use NTFS with Windows 2000 and be done with it.
ooh, sick. you're just used to having to 'make do'. get away from windows and that concept will change for you.
What a boatload of penguin shit! There's not a single thing of consequence that he would need to do in a dashboard PC that can't be accomplished just as well under Windows as under Linux.
you don't really think that's true do you? sheesh, after reading that last comment, i've just realized i've been trolled in. please disregard.
what's the point of a proper shutdown?
i've had a linux machine in my car (mp3 player) for six months now.
i've used both SGI's XFS and EXT3. the machine is *never* shut down properly and i don't have a single problem with my filesystem.
you haven't checked out vmware 3.0 yet. it screams faster than win4lin, plus hardware support. woohoo!
isn't it obvious? since linux is open, it's a lot more configurable.
let's say he only wanted certain processes starting or stopping at particular times?
what if he wanted to run his choice of a journaling filesystem and wanted to tweak it for speed?
what if he wanted to run a webserver and database server without having to waste money on any licenses?
let's see you hack a unsupported touchscreen display into windows, hahaha.
look, with linux (and vmware) he has the best of both worlds PLUS ultimate configurability. he can make his car computer do whatever he wants.
if he were to install only windows, boy would he be limiting the power of his project.
Other than that, i still think it's just stupid.
the must be a reason why you're so negative about this project. i've set up a similar system in my GTI and now cannot live without it.
you either own a piece of shit of a car, or you're angry because you've been unsuccessful in your projects.
You've obviously never dumpster-dived
haha, yeah that's called trashing. i used to do that behind phone companies in eighties.
here's a simple solution for KPMG.
only 'approved' referrors go into a control list. check the referrer on incoming connections, and if there's no match for the list, show a bad referer page.
so, what's the problem again?
holy crap! it is destructive! i mean, it deletes Alien Vs. Predator for christ sakes!
these guys are completely lame. they make it seem that they can break into any system. want my IP guys? please no packet bombs.
weren't these types called kidhacks in the early eighties when BBS's were popular?
i think search engines are immune to this. do a search on google for DeCSS, and you will find many hits with the source. how come google isn't slapped with cease/desist order for violating the DMCA?
you know, i don't think search engines are immune, i just think that no one has brought up this issue with any legal authority.....yet.
wow, since my copy of winxp is pirated, i guess i should feel happy by saving microsoft $10.
wow, i really am doing my part!
i recall the playing original Escape from Castle Wolfenstein on the Commodore 64.
a year later, Beyond Castle Wolfenstein came out with better graphics and gameplay. now that was what a good game was all about!
never fear folks,
the xbox technology is nothing more than a nextgen graphics processor and high paid game companies.
so, instead of NVIDIA releasing their nextgen graphics card to the gaming market, they signed a deal with microsoft to keep it 'under wraps'. next, microsoft pays big dollar to game companies to develop exclusively for the nextgen graphics processor. so, now you have a game console with technology that no one has....yet.
i'm sure the deal NVIDIA signed with microsoft won't keep their nextgen stuff proprietary for long. there's probably some clause that says that after 6 months NVIDIA will be allowed to deliver this new technology to the market.
so, microsoft has a fantastic console, not because of microsoft. it's because they sabotaged the computer game market. whoop de doo.
what about the c-64 daze? i remember when paperboy was going to come out soon for C-64, and this kidhack at high school wanted it bad.
we took an ordinary 5 1/4 floppy, took out the actualy shiny disk inside, and covered the shiny portions with a mixture of matchheads and fingernail polish remover. we put it back into the sleeve (making sure shiny parts still shone on the gap bits), and wrote PAPERBOY on the front.
we anonymously put it in his locker at school, and the latest thing i heard was that his 1541 commodore floppy drive was melted shut, hahaha.
yesterday, they were kidhacks. today, they're script kiddies.
Hi Bruce, I'm a long time fan. My question is: the first evil dead was a serious horror movie. the second evil dead was a lot more comical while the third was almost all comedy.
although i prefer the first, do you prefer acting in a serious horror film or did you like the funny ones more?
it doesn't take tremendous chip power to convert text to speech, it takes tremendous chip power to convert speech to text. well, not tremendous power, but you know what i mean.
to give you an example, using SAM (Software Automated Mouth) on my Commodore 64 (1984) produced quality speech similar to speech synthesis products of today.
so, what was the big deal again??